Africa to benefit from Canada’s renewable-energy expertise
Engineering News – ONLINE 24 June 2014 Canada, which generates over 77% of its electricity from renewable-energy sources, has a lot to offer African countries in terms of technical skills and expertise in the renewable-energy space, Canadian Minister of International Trade Ed Fast said on Tu
Standard Bank’s total SA renewables underwrite more than R10bn
Engineering News – ONLINE 24 June 2014 Banking group Standard Bank reports that it has, to date, underwritten more than R10-billion-worth of funding to support the roll out of renewable-energy projects in South Africa. The projects have arisen as a result of the first two bid windows under go
Infrastructure projects should take lead from ‘successful’ REIPPPP
Engineering News – ONLINE 24 June 2014 It is critical that South Africa’s strategic infrastructure projects are prioritised and implemented by learning from successful programmes, such as the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP), as the country’s ec
Joemat-Pettersson plans to set up energy brains trust
Engineering News – ONLINE 24 June 2014 Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson says she will be inviting members of the public to recommend people who can serve on a ‘Ministerial Advisory Council on Energy’, which she proposes to establish soon. “I have decided that, over and above the Depa
Municipal infrastructure causes power cuts – Joemat-Pettersson
Engineering News – ONLINE 23 June 2014 Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson has blamed municipal infrastructure for some of the power cuts in the country. “Power disruptions are not necessarily… [because of] load-shedding, but in some instances are due to municipalinfrastructur
Eskom on weather-induced demand and post-strike dynamics
Engineering News – ONLINE 20 June 2014 There is little question that electricity utility Eskom has had a difficult start to winter, having already declared several power emergencies and having also resorted to unpopular rotational load shedding. There is also serious concen that Eskom will struggle
Integrated Energy Plan to be published by March 2015
Engineering News – ONLINE 18 June 2014 Following the July 2013 launch of a public consultation phase for the formulation of South Africa’s envisaged Integrated Energy Plan (IEP), The Department of Energy (DoE) has advised that the final plan will be published by March next year. “The fina
Energy sector needs radical transformation
fin24 – ONLINE 17 June 2014 Cape Town – Power constraints call for a “radical transformation” of the country’s energy sector, President Jacob Zuma told South Africans on Tuesday. “We need to respond decisively to the country’s energy constraints, in order to cre
State of the Nation Address: Zuma unveils plans to tackle growth-sapping labour, power woes
Engineering News – ONLINE 17 June 2014 ….. ENERGY SECURITY In response, Zuma promised to respond “decisively to the country’s energy constraints in order to create a conducive environment for growth”. He argued that a radical transformation of the energy sector was required so as to deve
Energy constraints more troublesome than platinum strike – FMF
Engineering News – ONLINE 12 June 2014 The impact of South Africa’s ongoing strained energy supply has been more devastating than the effects of the protracted strike in the platinum belt, the Free Market Foundation (FMF) said on Thursday. South Africa’s economy was 13%, or R366-billion, sm
